Galkar Surname
Approximately 404 people bear this surname
Galkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 320 | 1:2,397,079 | 77,570 |
| Iran | 76 | 1:1,010,296 | 46,499 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Galkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Galkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Galkar (Marathi: गाळकर) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Galkar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Galkar? popularity and diffusion
Galkar is the 721,185th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,038,480 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Galkar reside; 98 percent reside in South Asia and 73 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
This last name is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 320 people, or 1 in 2,397,079. In India it is primarily concentrated in: Maharashtra, where 92 percent live, Goa, where 8 percent live and Karnataka, where 0 percent live. Not including India it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 19 percent live and The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Galkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Galkar in the Marathi language | ||
| गाळकर | galakara | 96.77 |
| गळकर | galakara | 1.29 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.86 |
| गलकर | galakara | 0.43 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Galkar
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